On the 15th January 2007 the British press reported the latest foiled terrorist threat involving a group of men attempting to make a home-made explosive devise using chapatti flour, the central ingredient of Indian bread. This time, the Great British love affair with Indian food had taken on a whole new meaning.

By re-arranging different material from found media (newspapers and websites) with personal encounters with terror(ism) and anti-terror(ism), Jiva Parthipan explores the of terror of living. 

‘With a blend of provocation and sly humour, artist Jiva Parthipan deliberately engages with cultural paranoia’ Tina Jackson, Metro. 29 January 2008

Terror of Living is co commissioned by the Birmingham Repertory Theatre and Collide with additional support from the Arts Council, England.